The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

2020
PG
1h 31m

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5.9/10

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After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to the Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to the Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to the Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

24K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,627

780

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Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

Patrick
(voice)

Rodger Bumpass

Squidward
(voice)

Mr. Lawrence

Plankton
(voice)

Carolyn Lawrence

Sandy
(voice)

Awkwafina

Otto
(voice)

Tom Kenny

SpongeBob
(voice)
…

Jill Talley

Karen
(voice)

Reggie Watts

Chancellor
(voice)

Matt Berry

Poseidon
(voice)

Antonio Raul Garcia

Young SpongeBob
(voice)
(as Antonio Raul Corbo)

Keanu Reeves

Sage

Veronica Alicino

Zombie…

Robert Ambrose

Zombie

Michael Froton

Zombie

Thomas Sheeter

Zombie
(as Tom Sheeter)

Noel Bajandas

Dancer

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Trivia
Confirmed to be dedicated to the memory of series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died on November 27, 2018 of ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease. He receives executive producer credit in the film, as the film began development before his death.

Goofs
In the flashbacks, SpongeBob met Gary, Sandy, Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs at Camp Coral. But in the SpongeBob SquarePants TV series, he met them in the episodes, Plankton's Pet, Tea At The Treedome, Truth Or Square, The Secret Box, and Help Wanted.

Quotes
Squidward: Which is why, even though I can't stand SpongeBob, but at the same time... well, I love him. I love him. And I hate him. He's like ice cream with salt on it, because he's sweet and super annoying. He's nice and nails-on-a-chalkboard annoying! Okay, fine, he's mostly super-freaking-annoying. But this little nattering noodge... is my friend. And he doesn't deserve to die.

Crazy credits
Prior to the closing credits, after we see Bikini Bottom one last time in a closing shot, a memorial card of Stephen Hillenburg is displayed with his original design of SpongeBob SquarePants and is accompanied by the last fourth of the show's theme song, which then surges into the original song "Agua".

Alternate versions
Trifecta-syndicated prints omit a couple foul languages:
SpongeBob's "It sure does feel over... and crappy." omits the 'and crappy.' portion to the next shot.
Squidward's "Okay fine: He's super freaking annoying." edits the 'freaking' out, even though he speaks it.

Connections
Featured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Scoob, Sonic & SpongeBob (2019)

Soundtracks
It's Always Sunny in Bikini Bottom
Written by Rivers Cuomo and Bjorn Yttling
Produced by Suzy Shinn
Performed by Weezer
Weezer courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation

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Featured review

4/10

A poor shadow of Spongebob of the past

This just doesn't have the same humour and wit it used to. The characters are there but they seem to be 2d versions and don't heat the same beats they used too. My kids liked it but it just felt slightly off the whole way through for me. The flashbacks were weird too